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String Literal Escaper for Code Embedding

Escape multi-line HTML, JSON, or quote-heavy text for languages such as JavaScript, Java, and SQL so you can paste it into string literals without syntax errors.

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Use cases

  • Embed a long HTML fragment in a JS string
  • Turn messy quoted text into a safe constant

How to use

  1. Paste text that contains quotes or newlines
  2. Choose the target language
  3. Copy the escaped literal

Example input and output

HTML

<a href="x">

JS string

"<a href=\"x\">"

FAQ

How does SQL escaping work?

SQL does not use backslash escapes here; single quotes are doubled.

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